David, are you going up to the first 100 suggested recordings? I like this idea, as you said, it is a list that could never be duplicated anywhere else, and is based on all our own individual picks!

It seemed worth a try, Ray. So far I'm surprised by a few of the picks members deem essential for newbies, but that's partly the point of such a list, right? And I had thought more members might wish to participate, but perhaps I misjudged the number posting regularly these days. Guess I should have made it another "Mahler v. Bruckner: Deathmatch!" poll if I really wanted more to join in.

So perhaps we should follow Sarah's lead and each nominate a second choice to see where that takes us...? So far we have (alphabetized):